Praying mantis pulsating butt

[Anthonyvee90]

Praying mantis has pulsating butt almost lol it's taking deep breaths and black coming out of its butt as well also hangs from just its arms with its legs dangling 

 

[Anthonyvee90]

Mantis didn't make it thru the night had a bunch of maggots in its head, coming out its mouth as well

 

[Coyote]

sad to hear that. any idea how long before she died was the abdomen pulsating ?

 

[CosbyArt]

I was hoping for a better outcome, sorry to hear that.

It was definitely a victim of a parasitic host, which is usually quite uncommon even in a wild mantid (at least I've never come across one in the nearly 200 wild mantids I've collected). I hope you froze the maggot larvae, or at least squished them, as there is no need to spread such creatures.

I doubt the next mantid you find will have such a problem, best of luck (and sorry to see that was your introduction to the hobby or at least the forum - hopefully your next will be better).

 

[Flidais]

So sorry to hear!  I had read that there are some parasites out there that they get from certain types of foods... I hope you never have to deal with it again!!

 

[hibiscusmile]

Thank God and His Son that I never seen this, it would put me off certainly. Sorry u seen it too.